Richard Raffan overcoming twisted cross-grain on a cylinder. 

A sharp edge usually does.

For roughing spindles I do have a couple of shallow continental gouges.

К сожалению, я забыл включить камеру для этого раздела. Я упоминаю об этом в закадровом голосе.

Flooding tricky grain with CA super glue or shellac is a common way of 'fixing' difficult grain so it can be cut cleanly. I've usually cut blanks that are easier to work.

Here I use plain beeswax rather than my usual boiled linseed and beeswax mix. Both provide an excellent base on which a patina can develop with use and/or ongoing polishing. In the long run much handled wood develops a deep patina patina that comes only from constant handling or use and never from a bottle or can. So I'm not concerned: it's my finish of choice.

If only a slight reduction in diameter is required to have a piece fit a chuck, it seems foolish not to fit the piece to the chuck, particularly when that saves rechucking to remove any chuck marks. Taking a finished piece from a chuck whilst saving a step involving risk and time always seemed very sensible, at least to me. I hate to miss an opportunity to show it's possible.

I adopt a similar approach with all crossgrain and burls, curly maple and fiddleback included: rough shaping with sweeping pull cuts, then shear cuts, then scraping and shear scraping if necessary. Burls are generally a lot easier to work and respond well to shear scraping.

CA doesn't last more than a few years. I had two kaleidoscopes made using CA from a well-known maker that fell apart after about 8 years, and knots I'd fixed with CA in bowls I made that loosened in about 5 years. No such problems with epoxy.

When persuaded to put videos on RU-vid my intention was to show competent turning in real time because there was so little to be seen on RU-vid. I'm beginning to reconsider but continue to think showing projects in real time provides a lot of people with useful insights into the craft. You can always watch in instalments......

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I don't mind when your videos run long. There is no fluff in them. Every second is valuable.

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning Please continue in real time. I find it frustrating when a video doesn't give a clue as to how long it took to perform a task. Fair enough, we don't need to see all the sanding, for example, but you always provide us with useful commentary and information: I learn much from every video, and Yes, I often watch the longer ones in instalments!

@@RichardRaffanwoodturning I don't think your videos run long at all. Compared to many other RU-vid woodturners, your videos are short. As others have said, there is no fluff in your videos. In my estimation, your videos are the best for actually learning woodturning. Or at least for trying to learn woodturning. ;) The real time aspect is invaluable. It shows how woodturning happens in real life, how problems arise, and how to solve the problems. I stopped watching the other RU-vidrs because too many are sanitized productions, seemingly more oriented towards entertainment than education. Though you are entertaining as well.

I agree with the many others here. Your videos are not at all long. They are packed with valuable insights and solutions on how to handle challenges as they come and this can best be done when we see it in real time - seeing it done in real time by a world class professional provides so very much more. Thank you Richard. Always wonderful to see you work.